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Mission Statement

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Richbol Environmental Services Ltd. have been in Waste/Environmental Management industry vis-�-vis municipal solid waste management (including Waste collection, Transportation, Street/Municipal cleansing, Cost Recovery, Recycling and Landfill Operations), fumigation and pest control, office/industrial cleaning, landscaping and beautification, environmental consultancy and sales of recycling machinery for close to three decades with clientele list covering Lagos, Ogun, Delta, Kano and Anambra States and the Federal capital territory Abuja, Nigeria and Accra, Ghana

We work in collaboration with other Consultants and researchers in the field of waste management within and outside the country and continent; we also represent and have working arrangement with some foreign companies as our technical partners.

The company by extension amongst other things is presently consulting for Ford Foundation West African Office, through our Managing Director, who is a co-consultant to the organization on “Lagos Waste Management Project,” he was also part of the participants that went to under study integrated solid waste management in Cairo Egypt in April 2002 and was also in four states in the United States of America (Philadelphia, Delaware, New Jersey and New York) for the same purpose and also to attend an International Solid Waste Management Conference in 2003.

RICHBOL CLEANING SERVICES was registered as an enterprise in Nigeria on the 8th April, 1986 under Act No. 609866, as a collector of waste, cleaning of premises and industries, General Contractor, Septic and Soakaway cleaning. However, in 1999 the company became a limited liability company and have its name changed to RICHBOL ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LTD. with RC No. 359358 with the new name, the scope of business nature was expanded to include general environmental services like Environmental Consultancy, Fumigation and Pest Control, Landscaping, Municipal Waste Management and General Merchants.
The company is one of the foremost companies involved in the Lagos State Government Programme on Waste Management tagged “Pilot Scheme Project on Private Sector Participation in Solid Waste Collection and Disposal in Somolu and Kosofe Local Govt. Areas of Lagos State in 1997. The Pilot Project was aimed at gathering necessary data and information to guide the government in policy formulation and implementation of private sector participation in waste management in Lagos state, it was also meant to test the capacities of the private sector and also test the willingness of the waste generator to pay for waste collection.

The company currently runs a waste recycling facility in Lagos state; it converts plastics like PET bottles and pure water sachets into PET flakes and plastic pellets respectively.

Also, we are presently pioneering the sales of range of waste handling and recycling equipment in the country as part of �Integrated Waste Management�. This is because we represent quite a number of reputable manufacturers of this equipment who have established reputation for high quality products with ease of maintenance and very competitive pricing. (Through the arrangement we also supply waste collection and disposal trucks including street/highway sweeping & washing equipment).

In 1998, the Former Military Administrator of Lagos State, Brig. Gen. M. B. Marwa (RTD.) amongst other awards and recognition, awarded a Certificate of Recognition as a Private Waste Collector to the company.

We are the ONLY private operator in Lagos State that was given the approval by the Lagos State Ministry of the Environment and Physical Planning (MEPP) to manage a landfill site.

RES LTD. is also part of the companies involved in the on-going Lagos State Mega Private Sector Participation (M.P.S.P) in Solid Waste Management State-Wide.

MANAGEMENT & STAFF: The Company has on its board very experienced individuals in the field of business and environmental management. The company has well over forty-five (45) regular staff aside several Skilled and semi skilled workers.

Co-Consultant to:
• Ford Foundation – West Africa Office (Lagos Waste Management study tour/Project)
• Lagos Millennium Groups on the Environmental (LIMGE) – Lagos Island CBD Recycling Project
• Development Initiatives Network (NGO on Environment)
• Civil Liberties organization (CLO) – On Environmental program

• MTN Foundation (Nationwide market Environmental sanitation and recycling Project)
• Community Conservation & Development Initiatives (Developing Green Business Opportunities for Local Economies in Yaba LCDA, Lagos state) – A project of HEINRICH BOLL STIFTUNG (HSB) Germany.
• Development Initiatives Network (NGO on Environment)
• Civil Liberties organization (CLO) – On Environmental program

With a well coordinated and result oriented approach of the management; “RICHBOL” has become a household name in the area of waste management.